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Fact Sheet on essential education data collection during the Covid-19 crisis
As nations contend with a planet-wide pandemic that threatens lives, livelihoods and ways of living, monitoring education data may not be on top of the priority list. However, if we are to avoid...
May 13, 2020/by 518Report on the COVID-19 impact on public and private life as well as statistical work
The Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA) has joined forces with 36 international organisations to present the report...
May 13, 2020/by 518New Projections Show the World is Off Track in Meeting its Education Commitments by 2030
One-third of the way to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, new projections prepared by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Global Education Monitoring Report (...
May 2, 2020/by 310UIS and World Bank Join Forces to Help Countries Measure Student Learning
The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) announced today a new partnership to help countries strengthen their learning assessment systems, better monitor what students are...
May 2, 2020/by 310Launch of the 2019 UNESCO-OECD-Eurostat Data Collection on Education
The UOE questionnaires collect data on formal education, including personnel, enrolment, graduates, source of funds, demographic data and class size.
Results of the survey will be released...
May 2, 2020/by 311Results of the survey will be released...
UIS Releases New Data on Cultural Activities
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has introduced a new database on international trade of cultural goods and updated its global database on feature films. For the first time, the UIS has...
May 2, 2020/by 311New UIS Data for SDG 9.5 on Research and Development
The UIS has published updated data on the human and financial resources devoted to research and experimental development (R&D) for 162 countries and territories. This includes the results of...
May 2, 2020/by 311UIS Releases SDG 4 Data Book 2019
Where does your country stand in relation to the ten targets of the Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG 4)? You can now go straight to the source with the new edition of the ...
May 2, 2020/by 311Get the Latest Data on Girls’ and Women’s Education: UIS Releases New Edition of UNESCO eAtlas on Gender Inequality in Education
As policymakers and advocates from around the world gather for the Women Deliver Conference (Vancouver, Canada, 3-6 June), the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (...
May 2, 2020/by 311UIS at CIES 2019: Education Data for Sustainability
As the custodian agency for SDG 4, the UIS works with countries and a wide range of partners to develop the indicators and methodologies needed to monitor progress towards the global education...
May 2, 2020/by 310More Timely and Country-Level Data Now Available for Education, Science and Culture
UIS global education database
While the global numbers and regional averages on key indicators such as out-of-school rates remain the same as those published in September...
May 2, 2020/by 311While the global numbers and regional averages on key indicators such as out-of-school rates remain the same as those published in September...
Tools to Help Countries Measure Digital Literacy
Digital literacy is a key component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with Target 4.4 aiming to increase the share of youth and adults with relevant technical and vocational skills for...
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